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transparent and opticy controls

hi all
can someone tell me if there's a way to make the background of the control
transparent and if i can make it opticy like the Form ?

thanks
mustafa
Nov 16 '05 #1
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Mustafa,

Set the Tranparency Key of the form to a color (Red for instance) and set
the backgroud color of the control you want to be transparent to the same
color.

Telmo Sampaio

"Mustafa Rabie" <mr*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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hi all
can someone tell me if there's a way to make the background of the control
transparent and if i can make it opticy like the Form ?

thanks
mustafa

Nov 16 '05 #2
i tried that but the whole part is not there and my desktop is showing below
it.

what i want to do is
i have an animated GIF with a transparent background, i placed it in an
imagebox on the form, and my form already has a background picture. so all
i have is the form's background image with a gray area in the middle having
the animated gif.

what can i do? :S

thanks
"Telmo Sampaio" <ts******@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Mustafa,

Set the Tranparency Key of the form to a color (Red for instance) and set
the backgroud color of the control you want to be transparent to the same
color.

Telmo Sampaio

"Mustafa Rabie" <mr*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ex**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
hi all
can someone tell me if there's a way to make the background of the control transparent and if i can make it opticy like the Form ?

thanks
mustafa


Nov 16 '05 #3

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